The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.

Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.

Jesus said to the Jews: "If I testify
on my own behalf, my testimony cannot be verified.
But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and
I know that the testimony he gives on my
behalf is true. You sent emissaries to John, and he
testified to the truth. I do not accept testimony
from a human being, but I say this so
that you may be saved. He was a burning and
shining lamp, and for a while you were content
to rejoice in his light. But I have testimony greater
than John´s. The works that the Father gave me
to accomplish, these works that I perform testify on
my behalf that the Father has sent me. Moreover, the
Father who sent me has testified on my behalf.
But you have never heard his voice nor seen
his form, and you do not have his word remaining
in you, because you do not believe in the
one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures,
because you think you have eternal life through them; even
they testify on my behalf. But you do not
want to come to me to have life. I do
not accept human praise; moreover, I know that you
do not have the love of God in you. I
came in the name of my Father, but you
do not accept me; yet if another comes in his
own name, you will accept him. How can you
believe, when you accept praise from one another and
do not seek the praise that comes from the only
God? Do not think that I will accuse you
before the Father: the one who will accuse you is
Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. For
if you had believed Moses, you would have believed
me, because he wrote about me. But if you do
not believe his writings, how will you believe my
words?"

Introductory Prayer:Jesus, the gift of faith permits
me to soar higher. I believe in you! I lend
myself to this intricate duty of faith, and with
a hopeful trust, I leap toward your infinite love.
I love you, Lord. I have come to spend this
time with you just because I want to be
with you.

Petition: Lord, help me to live
with purity of intention.

1. Seeking Human Praise: Jesus said, “I
do not accept human praise.” Why? His Father deserves
all the credit for anything that exists because, after
all, he created everything. Knowing and accepting this is indeed
a quick path to holiness. Jesus is God, but
he leaves us a splendid example of how man
should search for God’s glory and not his own. When
we look for our own “fan club,” we are
really stripping God of the glory that he alone deserves.
When we seek praise from men and work hard
to be accepted by them, we are standing before
a guillotine that severs a head from its body. However,
by purifying our intentions and glorifying God alone through
all our actions and thoughts, eternal life is merited
for us and for many souls.

2. The Proper Motives
for Our Deeds: Self-seeking doesn’t work. True, selfless
love does. There are some advantages to living a life
that seeks only God’s glory. The benefit achieved is
order. We learn to maintain the proper hierarchy in
our values and to keep things in their place. When
parents need to punish a wayward child, their question
is: “Are we punishing him because he has done
something wrong and needs to be taught a lesson?” Or
do they allow their anger to get the best
of them, and the punishment then becomes a release valve
for their fury? Likewise, in our use of the
material goods we have at our disposal, do we
use them out of pure love of God or only
for our comfort?

3. True Peace of Heart: When children do
something wrong, they usually act nervously when their wrongdoing
is uncovered. However, when they are mistakenly blamed, they show
a convincing innocence, and the accuser retracts in time
to avoid harm. The same could be said about
purity of intention. If a soul labors only for God’s
glory, then a certain guarantee of fulfillment necessarily accompanies
his destiny. No matter how many obstacles and misunderstandings
might besiege him, the soul who follows God’s will
enjoys peace.

Conversation with Christ: Lord Jesus, you teach
me in the Gospel to add a supernatural dimension to
all my enterprises and efforts. This mortal existence on
earth is a mere drop in the ocean compared
to eternity that will quickly engulf me. Help me to
do all for your greater glory.

Resolution:
In my conversations today, I will not brag
about myself. I will try to focus the conversation on
the interests of others.

The daily meditation is a service of Regnum Christi that offers people a Gospel reflection through e-mail. You can view the weekly meditation on this link or listen the podcast version here.